Dewetting and hydrophobic interaction in physical and biological systems.
Hydrophobicity manifests itself differently on large and small length scales. This review focuses on large-length-scale hydrophobicity, particularly on dewetting at single hydrophobic surfaces and drying in regions bounded on two or more sides by hydrophobic surfaces. We review applicable theories, simulations, and experiments pertaining to large-scale hydrophobicity in physical and biomolecular systems and clarify some of the critical issues pertaining to this subject. Given space constraints, we cannot review all the significant and interesting work in this active field.
Berne
Bruce J
BJ
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. bb8@columbia.edu
Weeks
John D
JD
Zhou
Ruhong
R
D001686:Biological Phenomena; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008024:Ligands; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017155:Wettability
D008024:Ligands; D011506:Proteins